The Weekly Atticus (12/22/2018)

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December 22, 2018

A recap of the week at Atticus Review, along with some extras.

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Aditya DesaiBook Reviews Editor**Editorial Note: Atticus Review will be on holiday break until January 7th, 2019. Party safe. We'll see you then.** 

ATTICUS NEWS

Here's the latest from Atticus Review author alumni, including Roy Bentley, Genia Blum, Gwen Goodkin, and Connie Post.READ ON

We're very pleased to announce the Atticus Review 2018 Videopoem Contest winners. First Place: Kathryn Darnell and Lucy English; Second Prize: Eduardo Yagüe and Lucy English; Third Prize: Caroline Rumley and Nelms Creekmur; Honorable Mention: Amy Bailey. Congrats to all and thank you to all who entered!READ ON

THIS WEEK AT ATTICUS

FERAL TOWN by Adam Gustavson

BOOK REVIEW: THERE IS NO HOPE, BUT YOU CAN STILL ENJOY THE RIDEA review of THE GIRL & THE FOX PIRATE by Kate Gehan from Mojave River PressReview by Naomi Kimbell"Each page contains a kind honesty rarely discussed (or confessed) in life and literature."READ ON

FICTION: PLYMOUTHby Evan J. Massey"Grandma would only let the windows down halfway. Never all the way down. Too much air, she’d say. But I was burning up. We both were. Her more than me."READ ON

POETRY: THE GAMEby Steve Mueske"It was epic, it was timely, & we // wanted to see what could be done / once everything else has failed."READ ON

POETRY: SUBURBAN PASTORALby Steve Mueske"For every whump! of wood, there is a second of silencethat can only mean air, the antiphonof striking wheels."READ ON

CNF: EXORCISMby D. Gilson"A pastor and deacon, along with our mother and other brother, Randy, held vigil, bore witness. They laid hands on him and prayed this burden to leave him, this demon drawn to so susceptible a man."READ ON

FILM: IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK IT WOULD SPEAK OF RADICAL LOVEA review of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK from director Barry JenkinsReview by Olivia Funderburg"...Barry Jenkins masterfully conveys the simple, beautiful intimacy of radical, devotional love..."READ ON

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